Loden Vancouver is Kor Hotels' first Canadian venture and
is set to make its grand debut on October 18th. A year late. Yeah, there's been some drama-dramz here. The hotel was originally supposed to open in Fall 2007, and it looked to be nearing completion but missed its opening date.
Then it was supposed to open in March 2008 and had rates listed on its website and everything -- but then no.
But now: rejoice! It's almost ready to go! And Voya Restaurant -- headed up by highly-acclaimed chef Marc-Andre
Choquette -- will be opening up as well.
We have been so busy obsessing over all the drama with Lamb's Club Hotel that you pretty much flew under our radar with this other NYC property you were developing. Apparently, while we were busy doing that, you kept yourself occupied with converting the Quality Inn in Times Square (which was already part of the Hampshire Hotels Portfolio, we hear) into the swanky new Stay.Hotel -- which opens today.
Yes, for reals. We're psyched. Well, about everything except what appears to be a gimmicky name (there is a period after the word "Stay" on all of their marketing materials; we're just going to ignore that for now).
Is it just us, or do Aloft hotels make anyone else reminisce about the old-school cartoon show "Animaniacs," with Pinky and the Brain on a persistent quest for world domination? The dialogue writes itself:
Brian McGuinness, vice president of Aloft: Gee Frits, what do you want to do tonight? Frits van Paasschen, CEO of Starwood: The same thing we do every night--try to take over the world.
And in spite of a few documented setbacks, Aloft gets one step closer January 1. Aloft Dulles-North, located near Washington Dulles Airport some 30 miles from our fair nation's capital, has rescheduled its November opening for one (presumably) well-timed with inauguration mania.
Last week, W Minneapolis - The Foshay opened its doors, with a big party, of course. Champagne flowed, celebrities (like Molly Sims) abounded, and hot waitresses carried... a coffin?!
The party featured a faux funeral procession with ladies in minis pallbearing a coffin filled with top-shelf vodka. We can't figure out why on God's green earth the hotel's promoters decided on this odd performance piece, but can only assume it has something to do with a misdirected attempt to be ironically cool and shocking.
Further, the hotel's "living room" (lobby) is filled with custom-made pleather chairs. And it calls its bathrooms "water closets" to add a cherry on the pretension sundae. Though we have to admit, it looks like you get a killer view of the Twin Cities from inside the tub in the hotel's suites. CityPages has a great photo album to check out from the bash here.
Regular readers of HotelChatter know how much we obsess over hotel openings and their introductory hotel opening rates. And today is no different.
The Sheraton Phoenix Downtown hotel will open on September 30th adjacent to the Phoenix Convention Center and it's going to be huge. Like a thousand rooms huge.
You would think with so many rooms they would probably be a little competitive on their pricing right? Not quite. Opening rates are set at $249 a night and that's the pre-paid internet rate.
However, if you can sit tight until the end of October that rate will drop to about $171 a night. We still think it's pricey for a Sheraton near a convention center but maybe we can find it for less on a blind booking site like Hotwire or Priceline. We'll let you know if we do.
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We immediately went to the site and checked out rooms for the opening day. And we found a room at the special opening rate of $350. Ok. Not too bad for new resort property in Miami we guess. Here's what you get:
Studio king or queen bed 535 sqft kitchen 42 in plasma tv high spd wireless cd/dvd ipod player.
If you are keen on staying at the Mondrian, we say book as soon as you can and stay away from peak holiday weeks. The rack rate for this hotel will shoot up to $645 a night.
Don't you think a day like this spectacularly scary historic Monday may just be the perfect opportunity to ditch your old life, sell that house in the Hamptons, buy a Harley and ride it to Milwaukee? Imagine feeling the wind blowing through your combover and all. Ah, sounds lovely, no?
The good news on this day overflowing with bad news: The Iron Horse Hotel is now officially open.
Finally! We've been waiting for the Four Points by Sheraton SoHo Village for years now -- we first heard news of the property way back in 2004 -- and now the hotel has finally opened its doors at 66 Charlton, between Varick and Hudson Street.
This 150-room hotel is the second to open up in Manhattan (Four Points by Sheraton Manhattan Chelsea was the first) and definitely adds some much-needed affordable rooms to the NYC market.
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